''Cercospora'' is a genus of

ascomycete Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The defi ...

fungi. Most species have no known sexual stage, and when the sexual stage is identified, it is in the genus '' Mycosphaerella''. Most species of this genus cause plant diseases, and form leaf spots. It is a relatively well-studied genus of fungi, but there are countless species not yet described, and there is still much to learn about the best-known of the species.

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Cercospora acetosella ''Cercospora'' is a genus of Ascomycota, ascomycete fungi. Most species have no known sexual stage, and when the sexual stage is identified, it is in the genus ''Mycosphaerella''. Most species of this genus cause Plant pathology, plant diseases, ...

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sheep sorrel ''Rumex acetosella'', commonly known as red sorrel, sheep's sorrel, field sorrel and sour weed, is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae. Native to Eurasia and the British Isles, the plant and its subspecies are commo ...

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Cercospora aciculina ''Cercospora'' is a genus of Ascomycota, ascomycete fungi. Most species have no known sexual stage, and when the sexual stage is identified, it is in the genus ''Mycosphaerella''. Most species of this genus cause Plant pathology, plant diseases, ...

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Cercospora agerati ''Cercospora'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Most species have no known sexual stage, and when the sexual stage is identified, it is in the genus ''Mycosphaerella''. Most species of this genus cause plant diseases, and form leaf spots. It is a ...

'' *'' Cercospora alabemensis'' *''

Cercospora alismatis ''Cercospora'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Most species have no known sexual stage, and when the sexual stage is identified, it is in the genus ''Mycosphaerella''. Most species of this genus cause plant diseases, and form leaf spots. It is a ...

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Cercospora althaeina ''Cercospora'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Most species have no known sexual stage, and when the sexual stage is identified, it is in the genus ''Mycosphaerella''. Most species of this genus cause plant diseases, and form leaf spots. It is a ...

'' *'' Cercospora angreci'' - causes leaf spot of orchids *''

Cercospora angulata ''Cercospora'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Most species have no known sexual stage, and when the sexual stage is identified, it is in the genus ''Mycosphaerella''. Most species of this genus cause plant diseases, and form leaf spots. It is a ...

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Cercospora apii ''Cercospora apii'' is a fungal plant pathogen, who causes leaf spot on celery, and found on other plants, including ''Impatiens''. Since the genus Cercospora is one of the largest and most heterogeneous genera of hyphomycetes Hyphomycetes ar ...

'' - causes leaf spot on celery, and found on other plants, including ''

Impatiens ''Impatiens'' is a genus of more than 1,000 species of flowering plants, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and the tropics. Together with the genus ''Hydrocera'' (one species), ''Impatiens'' make up the family Balsaminaceae. ...

'' * ''Cercospora apii'' f.sp. ''clerodendri'' *''

Cercospora apiicola ''Cercospora apiicola'' Groenewald, Marizeth; Groenewald, Johannes Z.; Braun, Uwe Host; Crous, Pedro W. range of ''Cercospora apii'' and ''C. beticola'' and description of ''C. apiicola'', a novel species from celery Mycologia, 98(2), 2006, pp ...

'' - causes leaf spot on celery *''

Cercospora arachidicola ''Cercospora arachidicola'' is a fungal ascomycete plant pathogen that causes early leaf spot of peanut. Peanuts (''Arachis hypogaea'') originated in South America and are cultivated globally in warm, temperate and tropical regions. All cultiva ...

'' - causes peanut leaf spot *''

Cercospora arctii ''Cercospora'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Most species have no known sexual stage, and when the sexual stage is identified, it is in the genus ''Mycosphaerella''. Most species of this genus cause plant diseases, and form leaf spots. It is a ...

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Cercospora arctii-ambrosiae ''Cercospora'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Most species have no known sexual stage, and when the sexual stage is identified, it is in the genus ''Mycosphaerella''. Most species of this genus cause plant diseases, and form leaf spots. It is a ...

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Cercospora asparagi ''Cercospora asparagi'' is a fungal A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are clas ...

'' - found on asparagus *''

Cercospora atro-marginalis ''Cercospora'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Most species have no known sexual stage, and when the sexual stage is identified, it is in the genus '' Mycosphaerella''. Most species of this genus cause plant diseases, and form leaf spots. It is ...

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Cercospora atrofiliformis ''Cercospora atrofiliformis'' is a fungal plant pathogen. References atrofiliformis Fungal plant pathogens and diseases {{fungus-plant-disease-stub ...

'' - causes "black stripe" on

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...

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Cercospora beticola ''Cercospora beticola'' is a fungus, fungal plant pathogen which typically infects plants of the genus ''Beta (plant), Beta'', within the family of Chenopodiaceae. It is the cause of Cercospora leaf spot disease in sugar beets, spinach and swiss ...

'' - causes leaf spot on '' Beta vulgaris'' and

spinach Spinach (''Spinacia oleracea'') is a leafy green flowering plant native to central and western Asia. It is of the order Caryophyllales, family Amaranthaceae, subfamily Chenopodioideae. Its leaves are a common edible vegetable consumed either f ...

*'' Cercospora bolleana'' - found on figs *''

Cercospora bougainvilleae ''Cercospora'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Most species have no known sexual stage, and when the sexual stage is identified, it is in the genus '' Mycosphaerella''. Most species of this genus cause plant diseases, and form leaf spots. It i ...

'' *'' Cercospora brachiata'' *'' Cercospora byliana'' *'' Cercospora brachypus'' - found on grapes *''

Cercospora brassicicola ''Cercospora brassicicola'' is a plant pathogen. References External links brassicicola Fungal plant pathogens and diseases {{fungus-plant-disease-stub ...

'' - infests many cole crops *''

Cercospora brunkii ''Cercospora brunkii'' is a fungal A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are class ...

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Pelargonium ''Pelargonium'' () is a genus of flowering plants that includes about 280 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs, commonly called geraniums, pelargoniums, or storksbills. '' Geranium'' is also the botanical name and common name of a separ ...

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Geranium ''Geranium'' is a genus of 422 species of annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as geraniums or cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in ...

''. *'' Cercospora bunchosiae'' *'' Cercospora canescens'' *'' Cercospora cannabis'' - causes olive leaf spot on '' Cannabis'' spp., and is found on

hops Hops are the flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant ''Humulus lupulus'', a member of the Cannabaceae family of flowering plants. They are used primarily as a bittering, flavouring, and stability agent in beer, to whi ...

*'' Cercospora cantuariensis'' - found on hops *'' Cercospora capsici'' - causes "frogeye" leaf spot on peppers *'' Cercospora caribaea'' *''

Cercospora carotae ''Cercospora carotae'' is a fungal plant pathogen. References carotae Fungal plant pathogens and diseases {{fungus-plant-disease-stub ...

'' - causes carrot leaf blight *''

Cercospora circumscissa ''Mycosphaerella cerasella'' is a fungal plant pathogen In biology, a pathogen ( el, πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and , "producer of") in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease. A pathogen may a ...

'' *'' Cercospora citrullina'' - causes "cucurbit leaf spot" on watermelon and

cucumber Cucumber (''Cucumis sativus'') is a widely-cultivated Vine#Horticultural climbing plants, creeping vine plant in the Cucurbitaceae family that bears usually cylindrical Fruit, fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables.

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Cercospora clemensiae ''Cercospora'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Most species have no known sexual stage, and when the sexual stage is identified, it is in the genus '' Mycosphaerella''. Most species of this genus cause plant diseases, and form leaf spots. It is ...

'' *'' Cercospora coffeicola'' - infests

coffee plants ''Coffea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. ''Coffea'' species are shrubs or small trees native to tropical and southern Africa and tropical Asia. The seeds of some species, called coffee beans, are used to flav ...

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Cercospora coryli ''Cercospora coryli'' is a fungal A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classi ...

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hazel The hazel (''Corylus'') is a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae,Germplasmgobills Information Network''Corylus''Rushforth, K. (1999). ...

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Cercospora corylina ''Cercospora corylina'' is a fungal plant pathogen. References corylina Fungal plant pathogens and diseases {{fungus-plant-disease-stub ...

'' - found on hazels *'' Cercospora eleusine'' - causes leaf spot of Finger millet * ''Cercospora'' cf. ''flagellaris'' syn. ''C. piaropi'' *'' Cercospora fragariae'' - causes

strawberry The garden strawberry (or simply strawberry; ''Fragaria × ananassa'') is a widely grown hybrid species of the genus '' Fragaria'', collectively known as the strawberries, which are cultivated worldwide for their fruit. The fruit is widely ap ...

leaf spot *'' Cercospora fuchsiae'' *''

Cercospora fusca ''Cercospora fusca'' is a fungal plant pathogen. References External links fusca Fungal plant pathogens and diseases {{fungus-plant-disease-stub ...

'' *'' Cercospora fusimaculans'' - found on many grasses *''

Cercospora gerberae ''Cercospora gerberae'' is a fungal A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are clas ...

'' *'' Cercospora halstedii'' *''

Cercospora handelii ''Cercospora handelii'' is a fungal A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are clas ...

'' *'' Cercospora hayi'' *''

Cercospora hydrangeae ''Cercospora hydrangeae'' is a fungal A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are cl ...

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Cercospora kaki ''Pseudocercospora kaki'' is a fungal plant pathogen, who causes leaf spot of persimmon. Some examples of host species are ''Diospyros hispida'', '' Diospyros kaki'', '' Diospyros lotus'', ''Diospyros texana'', and ''Diospyros tupru ''Diosp ...

'' *'' Cercospora kikuchii'' - causes leaf blight and purple seed stain on soybean *'' Cercospora lentis'' - found on lentil *'' Cercospora liquidambaris'' *'' Cercospora longipes'' - causes brown spot on sugarcane *''

Cercospora longissima ''Cercospora longissima'' is a fungal A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are cl ...

'' - found in several types of lettuce *'' Cercospora malloti'' - found on ''

Mallotus ''Mallotus'' may refer to: * ''Mallotus'' (fish), a fish genus in the family Osmeridae * ''Mallotus'' (plant), a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

'' species in Thailand *'' Cercospora mamaonis'' - found on

papaya The papaya (, ), papaw, () or pawpaw () is the plant species ''Carica papaya'', one of the 21 accepted species in the genus ''Carica'' of the family Caricaceae. It was first domesticated in Mesoamerica, within modern-day southern Mexico and ...

*'' Cercospora mangiferae'' - causes

mango A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree ''Mangifera indica''. It is believed to have originated in the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in South a ...

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Cercospora medicaginis ''Cercospora medicaginis'' is a plant pathogen. References medicaginis Fungal plant pathogens and diseases {{fungus-plant-disease-stub ...

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alfalfa Alfalfa () (''Medicago sativa''), also called lucerne, is a perennial flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is cultivated as an important forage crop in many countries around the world. It is used for grazing, hay, and silage, as w ...

*'' Cercospora melongenae'' *'' Cercospora minima'' - found on pear leaves *''

Cercospora minuta ''Cercospora minuta'' is a fungal A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classi ...

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Cercospora musae ''Mycosphaerella musicola'' is a fungal plant pathogen, which is the causal agent of Yellow Sigatoka leaf spot disease on banana plants. Characteristics Sigatoka leaf spot disease (SD) is a disease of bananas and is caused by the ascomycetous fu ...

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banana A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Musa''. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called "plantains", distinguis ...

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Cercospora nicotianae ''Cercospora nicotianae'' is a fungal plant pathogen. References External links nicotianae Fungal plant pathogens and diseases {{fungus-plant-disease-stub ...

'' - causes "frogeye" spot on tobacco *''

Cercospora odontoglossi ''Cercospora odontoglossi'' is a fungal A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are ...

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Cercospora oryzae ''Sphaerulina oryzina'' is a fungal plant pathogen infecting rice. Propiconazole is an effective fungicide Fungicides are biocidal chemical compounds or biological organisms used to kill parasitic fungi or their spores. A fungistatic inhibits ...

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Cercospora papayae ''Cercospora papayae'' is a fungal plant pathogen. References papayae Fungal plant pathogens and diseases {{fungus-plant-disease-stub ...

'' - found on papaya *'' Cercospora penniseti'' - causes leaf spot on

pearl millet Pearl millet (''Cenchrus americanus'', commonly known as the synonym ''Pennisetum glaucum''; also known as 'Bajra' in Hindi, 'Sajje' in Kannada, 'Kambu' in Tamil, 'Bajeer' in Kumaoni and 'Maiwa' in Hausa, 'Mexoeira' in Mozambique) is the most w ...

*'' Cercospora personata'' - causes brown or blackish leaf spots in ground nuts

tikka disease Tikka may refer to: * Tikka (food), a type of South Asian food * Tikka (forehead mark), a mark made on the forehead by Hindu Indians * Tikka, a brand of hunting rifles manufactured formerly by Finnish firearms manufacturer Tikkakoski ** Tikka, ...

*''Cercospora piaropi'' - see syn. ''C.'' cf. ''flagellaris'' above *'' Cercospora pisa-sativae'' - causes leaf spot on peas *'' Cercospora platanicola'' - found on sycamores *''

Cercospora puderii ''Cercospora puderii'' is a fungus, fungal plant pathogen. References External links

Cercospora, puderii Fungal plant pathogens and diseases {{fungus-plant-disease-stub ...

'' *'' Cercospora pulcherrima'' *'' Cercospora rhapidicola'' *'' Cercospora rosicola'' - found on roses *'' Cercospora rubrotincta'' - found on various

drupe In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the ''pit'', ''stone'', or '' pyrena'') of hardened endocarp with a seed (''kernel'') ...

s *'' Cercospora sojina'' - causes frogeye leaf spot on soybean *'' Cercospora solani'' - infests potato plants *''

Cercospora solani-tuberosi ''Cercospora solani-tuberosi'' is a fungal A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms a ...

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Cercospora sorghi ''Cercospora sorghi'' is a fungal A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classi ...

'' *'' Cercospora theae'' *'' Cercospora tuberculans'' *''

Cercospora vexans ''Cercospora vexans'' is a fungal A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classi ...

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Cercospora vicosae ''Cercospora vicosae'' is a fungal plant pathogen. It causes leaf spot on cassava. References External links Index FungorumUSDA ARS Fungal Database vicosae Fungal plant pathogens and diseases Eudicot diseases {{fungus-plant ...

'' *'' Cercospora zeae-maydis'' - causes a disease in cereals called grey leaf spot *'' Cercospora zebrina'' *'' Cercospora zonata''

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Photos of ''Impatiens'' leaf spot

Fungal plant pathogens and diseases Mycosphaerellaceae genera Taxa described in 1863 Taxa named by Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel {{plant-disease-stub

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